Yoav Shamir

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1970-11-06 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Tel Aviv, Israel

Yoav Shamir

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yoav Shamir is an Israeli documentary filmmaker most noted for the films Checkpoint and Defamation. Shamir's films have received awards from independent film festivals including Best Feature Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Best International Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Shamir's viewpoint of Israeli political policies in his documentaries made him a focal point of criticism and garnered accusations of anti-semitism. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoav Shamir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

2013
2009
Defamation

as Director

2006
5 Days

as Director

2003
Checkpoint

as Director

Writer

2009
Defamation

as Writer

Crew

2009
Defamation

as Cinematography